American Sign Language Courses

ASLS 140 Directed Studies in American Sign Language (1-3 credits)

This course enables students to get practical experience in language development and Deaf community interaction. Through negotiation with the program faculty, the student will develop the framework for an ASL acquisition project involving one or more members of the Deaf community. Upon completion of the project, the student shall present evidence of language learning in the form of a video-taped report subscribing to instructor-provided format. This course may be repeated up to three times for credit.

Prerequisite: Permission of the department faculty

ASLS 150 Comparative Cultures: Deaf and Hearing (3 credits)

This course is an introduction to the cultures of Deaf and hearing people in Canada. The course will cover internal features of cultures in general, including rules, norms, values, deviance, insider-versus-outsider status and power relations as applied to the cultures of Deaf and hearing persons. Special attention will be given to minority group dynamics, attitudes and behaviours characteristic of oppressed and oppressor people and liberation movements will be discussed and applied to deaf-hearing dynamics.

Prerequisite: None

Offered: TBA